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(No Model.) E. M. TURNER.

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No. 320,193. Patented June 16, 1885.

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EPHRAIM M. TURNER, OF FORT VORTH,

TEXAS.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,193, dated June16,1885.

Application filed December 9, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAUI M. TURNER, of Fort Vorth, in the county ofTart-ant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lVhips, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention, while not restricted to any particular kind of whip,long or short, and however finished at its outer end, whether with atail or with an attached lash for mere riding or for driving stock orcattle, and other purposes, is more particularly intended for whips usedby stock-farmers, or those em ployed by them, and others of likecalling.

The invention consists in a combination, with a metallic or other rigidhandle, of a whip body or core composed of cotton or other vegetablefibrous material, in one or more strands, having wire wrapped about orincorporated with them, and in the combination therewith of a vulcanizedrubber covering, the fibrous material giving the necessary flexibilityto the body or core of the whip and the wire applied thereto, saidmaterial protecting the latter from injury during the process ofcovering or vulcanizing the rubber covering.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an exterior longitudinal View of a whip embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a sectional longitudinal view, upon a larger scale,of the same in part; and Fig. 3, a longitudinal view of one of thestrands, in part, of which the body or core of the whip is composed.

A is the body or core of the whip, which may either be made straight ortapering, and which is composed of one or more strands of cotton orother like loose vegetable fibrous material, I), each strand being madeup of any number of yarns or minor strands twisted together as inrope-making, and having light wire 0 wrapped about them, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3. In the case of a tapering whip, one of such compoundstrands may be used by doubling or bending it into a ring form, orotherwise, at what would form the outer end of the whip body or (Nomodel.)

core, and then running it back and turning the divided portions of itover toward the outer end again for a portion of the length of the bodyor core; or two or more of such compound strands may be used. This body,stock, or core A of the whip is connected at its inner end with a rigidor metal handle or handle-section, B, either by looping it over orotherwise engagingit with a protuberance, d, on said handle orhandle-section, by inserting it within a cavity therein, or otherwise.Said body, stock, or core may, if desired, be covered with any suitablematerial, but preferably with a rubber coating or covering, 0, arrangedto extend over either a portion or the whole length of thehandle-section B, and by com-. bining the wire 0 with the fibrousmaterial I) the fibrous body or core is protected from injury invulcanizing or heating and drying the rubber on it, and such coveredbody, stock, or core has all the desired strength, lightness, andelasticity which are required for a good whip, and is durable and notliable to split or break.

In the drawings the handle of the whip is shown as composed of apartially-hollow in nor metal section, B, which may be used to serve asa match safe or box, and an outer section, B, constructed to form awhistle at e, and of any desired shape, and made to screw into the innersection;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A whip-stock body or core composed of a loose vegetable fibrousmaterial in one or more twisted strands, the yarns composing whichhaving wires wrapped about them, in combination with a metal or rigidhandle to which said core is attached, and a vulcanized rubber coveringto said core, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the hollow metallic handle-sections B and outerend sections, B, fitted thereto, and constructed to form a whistle, thefibrous and wire core A, and the vulcanized rubber covering or coating3, substantially as specified.

E. M. TURNER.

\Vitnesses:

G. Simowiok, A. GREGORY.

